THE KASHMIRIYAT

July 24 "I think i have been hit with a bullet, i am in deep pain, i have a wife and children waiting at home" he said before closing his eye forever on 05 July 1991. Advocate Sheikh Altaf Hussain of Nai Basti told his clients to wait at the court and he will attend them after offering Friday prayers. He left the court and at a distance of not more than 200 Metres, A Border Security Force personnel opened fire upon him without any provocation. The promising advocate had gained a lot of prominence in the very less duration of his practise at the Islamabad (Anantnag) District court. He had pursued graduation from Boys Degree College in Islamabad (Anantnag) and complete his law from Kashmir University. Following his merciless killing at the hands of Indian Army, the courts i...

July 05 On Thursday, the Jammu Kashmir Police in Islamabad (Anantnag) Claimed to have arrested two Over Ground Workers of Militants in Islamabad district. The Police said that a joint patrol of Jammu Kashmir Police and 1st RR was laid down at Pazalpora-Uranhall Road Crossing and checking was conducted. During checking, two persons were arrested and one live grenade, one Chinese pistol (9mm) with 05 rounds and two bottles of Sodium Nitrate were recovered from their possession. The Police identified them as Junaid- ul-Islam Dar resident of Sail Chursoo Awantipora and Hilal Ahmad Ganie resident of Larkipora Awantipora. In this regard a case FIR NO 112/2018 under section 7/25 Indian Arm's Act and 3/4 Explosive Substance Act registered in Police Station Bijbehara and further inve...

July 04 Additional sessions Court in Islamabad (Anantnag) on Wednesday denied bail to Nageshwar Singh of Himachal Pradesh who has been accused in crime of abducting a girl from Sirigufwara area of South Kashmir's Islamabad District. The Parents of the girl had immediately filed an FIR in the Sirigufwara Police station after which the accused was taken into custody and the girl was handed over back to her parents. The counsel for the accused namely Aijaz Rashid Ganie moved bail petition for seeking his release on the ground that the accused is innocent and has been implicated in false and frivolous case. The counsel for accused further submitted the accused is behind the bars from last 9 months and deserves to be released from the custudy on bail. The state is represented by Addit...